New START Treaty Signed

The new START treaty between the United States and Russia has been formally signed. This treaty has implications for space activities due to the fact that it regulates ICBM that are found at “space launch facilities.” The substantive information on these limitations can be found in the attached Protocol to the treaty:

73. (28.) The term “space launch facility” means a specified facility from which objects are delivered into the upper atmosphere or space using ICBMs or SLBMs.

and

Section VI. Space Launch Facilities
For each Party, the numbers of non-deployed ICBMs and nondeployed SLBMs, and non-deployed launchers of ICBMs and nondeployed launchers of SLBMs, at space launch facilities, and the data on space launch facilities, are as follows:

The actual limitations are not included in the released text of the protocol.